A temperature-measuring device including a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter is configured to measure the temperature of the material being contained in a container being revolved and/or rotated, and is configured to transmit data including a value of the measured temperature. The receiver is configured to receive the transmitted data. The transmitter is disposed in or on an upper lid detachably secured to the container, so that the transmitter can detect an incident light emitted from the material, and the transmitter can be revolved along with the container.

A froth coalescing unit for a fluid delivery system for a fluid ejection system, the froth coalescing unit including a coalescing chamber including a sump, an inlet to receive froth into the coalescing chamber, the froth comprising a mixture of fluid and gas, the coalescing chamber to coalesce the fluid from the froth with the coalesced fluid collecting at least in the sump, an outlet to communicate coalesced fluid from the sump, and a fluid level sensor to provide a level over a range of levels of coalesced fluid in the coalescing chamber including in the sump.

A flow management and separation system for a horizontal wellbore having a primary artificial lift device having an intake has (a) a sealed central flowpath from a fluidseeker weighted keel inlet, through a recovery flow tube, a seal bore extension and a dip tube having a pump intake sealing assembly in fluid communication with the lift device intake; and (b) a mixed fluid flow path from a fluidseeker internal bypass passage, through an annulus of at least one slug catcher comprising a perforated shell.

The invention comprises one or more gas volume fraction measurement devices operatively connected to one or more controllers and one or more deaeration mechanisms which receive control signals from said one or more controllers and perform an act on the system, such as by controlling a level of deaeration chemistry into some portion of the fermentation system. In one embodiment, the deaeration mechanism is an antifoam feed pump which pumps antifoam chemistry into a feed line of the fermenter in response to the measured gas volume fraction in the fermenter's recirculation loop, in an amount determined by the controller to be effective to reduce foaming and lower column height in the fermenter.

An apparatus (40) for deaerating a froth comprising a spinning basket (44) mounted on a driven shaft (46). The side walls of the spinning basket have a mesh or openings therein. Froth is supplied to the interior of the spinning basket and contacts the floor of the spinning basket and is flung outwardly through the mesh or openings to break the bubbles and deaerate the froth. A solid all (42) may surround the spinning basket to further assist in deaeration. A spinning plate may be used in place of the spinning basket. In another embodiment, vacuum is used to deaerate the froth.

A centrifugal pump separating gases from liquids pumps fluid containing gas comprises a pump housing divided into a working fluid chamber and an empty chamber by a baffle, the empty chamber connected to the working fluid chamber by an opening and connected to a gas separation assembly by a pumping chamber duct; an inlet for drawing liquid into pump, a outlet for pumping liquid outward and a separated gas exhaust port; an electric motor with protective cover drives an impeller cluster to create rotary movement; gas separator has a spring of sufficient hardness to control the gas discharge valve to open and close; this gas separator is connected to the empty chamber by the duct mentioned above and connected to the pump outlet by the bleed hole. During operation, when suction gas reaches a certain amount, reduced pressure at the pump outlet opens the valve to release the gas.

A separation apparatus for separating hydrocarbons and water, comprising a vessel (1) and an insert (5, 6) within said vessel (1). The has a bottom (7), a conical wall (8) and a quiecer (10) at the top of the wall (8), which enclose a separation chamber (11). The insert (5, 6) has an inlet pipe (12) for a mixture of water and hydrocarbons and a spreader arrangement (13, 14) arranged inside the separation chamber (11), which directs an inflow of fluids in a tangential direction, setting the fluids into a tangential laminar swirl. The vessel (1) has at least one manhole (3, 4), and said insert bottom (7), wall (8) and quiecer (10) are assembled by a plurality of generally wedge shaped segments (7a-l, 8a-l, 10a-l) having a size that allows the segments (7a-l, 8a-l, 10a-l) to be brought through the manhole (3, 4).

One object of the present invention is to provide a gas-liquid separating device which can efficiently recover a target gas from a mixture containing at least a gas and a liquid in a gas-liquid coexistence state, and the present invention provides a gas-liquid separating device which separates and recovers a gas and a liquid from a mixture containing the gas and the liquid in a gas-liquid coexistence state, wherein the gas-liquid separating device includes an airtight space in which the mixture containing the gas and the liquid in a gas-liquid coexistence state is supplied and the mixture is stored as a mixture separated into gas and liquid, a supply path for supplying the mixture containing the gas and the liquid in a gas-liquid coexistence state into the airtight space, a gas recovery path for discharging the gas in the airtight space to the outside of the airtight space, a first decompressor which is provided in the gas recovery path and recovers the gas from the airtight space, a liquid recovery path for discharging the liquid in the airtight space to the outside of the airtight space, and a second decompressor which is provided in the liquid recovery path and configured to recover the liquid from the airtight space.

This disclosure provides an integrated system and method for producing purified water, hydrogen, and oxygen from contaminated water. The contaminated water may be derived from regolith-based resources on the moon, Mars, near-Earth asteroids, or other destination in outer space. The integrated system and method utilize a cold trap to receive the contaminated water in a vapor phase and selectively freeze out water from one or more volatiles. A heat source increases temperature in the cold trap to vaporize the frozen contaminated water to produce a gas stream of water vapor and volatiles. A chemical scrubber may remove one or more volatiles. The integrated system and method utilize ionomer membrane technology to separate the water vapor from remaining volatiles. The water vapor is delivered for crew use or delivered to an electrolyzer to produce hydrogen and oxygen.

A yield estimation device for a low-yield shale gas reservoir includes: a separation tank, a pulse gas detector, and a methane concentration detector; wherein a liquid inlet is provided at an upper portion of the separation tank; an exhaust pipe is provided on a top of the separation tank, and the pulse gas detector is installed at a middle section of the exhaust pipe; the methane concentration detector is installed at a tail end of the exhaust; a valve is installed in a liquid outlet; a float is arranged in the separation tank, which is connected to the valve through a telescopic float rod. A yield estimation method includes steps of: inputting flowback fluid into the separation tank through the liquid inlet; discharging the air in the separation tank; performing gas-liquid separation; detecting and displaying the shale gas in real time with the pulse gas detector.